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Bad Religion – Peter Smith, MercatorNet
Study: Catholic Education Influences Choice to Become Nun, Brother – Matthew Archbold, The Cardinal Newman Society Blog/Campus Notes
Word of the Day: Dust – Anthony Esolen, First Things/First Thoughts
Vatican Rejects Claims It Is Encouraging Illegal Ivory Trade – Cindy Wooden, Catholic Herald
St. Gregory of Sinai on Spiritual Progress – Rob Hall, Road to Rome
The Tablet and the Elephant: the “Soho Masses” – Fr. Z’s Blog
Happy 40th Anniversary, Baby – Marc Barnes, Patheos/Bad Catholic
There are Old Catholics and There are Bold Catholics – Richard Collins, Linen on the Hedgerow
Catholic Adoption Agency Faces Closure for Gay ‘Discrimination’ – Dylan Parry, A Reluctant Sinner
Andrew Cusack on the Other Modern in Madrid – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement
The Modern State Causes the Problems it Pretends to Fix - Anthony Esolen PhD, Crisis Magazine
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